Bhakti or Gyan...

Bhakti or gyan.... Soordas or Kabir.... Meera or Maitreyi.... No one was less. Their path lead them to their definite goal. Yet one could come before other. Udhav went vrindavan to teach brijwasins that God is nirgun. He is omnipresent and so they should not wait for Krishna rather should meditate and reach within to meet God. That Krishna is a mere gwala who, though, is much capable and posses divine powers, can never be God. What happened in the end? Udhav returned soon soaking in Krishna bhakti! Brijwasins bhakti was so contagious that even Udhav, a die hard gyani, could not came out of it untouched. Bhakti is a river, coming down the high mountains it takes everything with it.... whatever comes in its way gets merged in it. It is deep, it is calm but strong, it finds its way through rocks or forests and reaches the ocean....

Sufi saints called themselves the beloved and God as their lover. It was the hight of divine love. If you really need to romance then do it with God for nothing can be deeper, purer and permanent then the love between the soul and its creator.

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As Yogananda said, "when the soul meets the greatest love of the universe the eternal romance begins."

One can experience this in bhakti in the communion with the Supreme. Meera regarded Krishna as her soul mate, Soordas as his Bhagwan, Sudama as his friend, Hanuman as his Master, yashoda saw Kishna as her son and Phahlad and Shabri surrendered with total faith..... Bhakti leads them all to the love which was perfect, which would never fade with time, age or death and which would bathe their souls with everlasting ananda. It taught them to surrender, to devote and to have faith. Their ego mingled with the superconsiouness and they met their God in turiyavastha. Such is the strength of pure bhakti!

When the bhakt reaches to a higher level knowledge comes automatically. It follows him like a shadow. A bhakt can live without much gyan and go ahead in his chosen path but a gyani without bhakti is like a river without water for knowledge generates pride and with it comes hurdle greater than a huge rock in a narrow canal. Gyan is necessary and only humans can have the priviledge of aquiring much knowledge but it is incomplete in itself. Even if one has read all the Vedas, Bible, Kuran and many other religious or non-religious books and has understood them too, yet s/he can be called ignorant because mere knowledge can never take a soul to the ultimate realisation. It needs somthing more meaningful. When Vedas say "neti" they aspire human being to search within but without experience it remain mere word, hard to comprehend! But the moment a true seeker grasps the meaning and surrender his ego, he reaches his goal. Thus is the depth of gyan!

A true gyan yogi is a realised soul. He starts in search of truth and attains highest knowledge, he combines it with devotion and faith and surrenders all his karma and the fruit of the karma to the Lord's feet and thus is ready for moksha. Here knowledge is combined with yagya, tap and daan which leads towards meditation and then after complete surrender comes samadhi....

So, let our eyes see His many roop, ear listen to His musical flute, our tongue should recite His name day and night, our hands should do His work and soul unite in His love....